Binder for textile samples



April 30, 1935. s, WIDDER BINDER FOR TEXTILE SAMPLES Filed Aug. 21, 1953 R! I 5 W W I LWXM ET 0 umfn Mm A nnl m 5 n Y B Patented Apr. 30, 1935 ilhlllh TEES at orrlee 1 Claim.

This invention relates to binders for samples and particularly for textile samples, like those of silk, wool, cotton and other goods, and has for its main object to provide a binder wherein all the samples or-any individual one may be removed or exchanged quickly and easily.

As it is well known, salesmen, tailors, dressmakers, stores, etc. carry such samples in books or in units of adesired group of samples, said. samples being pieces of the having practically uniform dimensions so that they may be stacked one' overthe other, supporting or binding means being provided to keep the several. samples in a unit together. lhe supporting'or binding means used. at present are rather awkward and cumbersome to thread the: individual samples thereon. and much more so when it is. desired to open" them. and remove a certain individual sample, which sometimes is lying below a great number of. othersamp'les, all or" which must first be removed and then the. one in question either entirely removed, or exchanged, whereupon the numerous samples removed again are-replaced on the supporting or binding. means by laborious and slow work. According. to my invention, the individual samples will have apertures therein and will be threaded by these apertures on posts, said posts having removable closing or locking means at their ends, preferably of the snap fastener button type, and when preparing a new book of samples, the individual saznples may easily be threaded on said posts and the ends of said posts closed by said removable means, or, when it is desired to remove or exchange some individual sample, the stack of samples lying thereover maybe easily taken off the posts, the one in question removed or exchanged and then the rest of them. replaced and the removing closing: means again applied to the ends of the posts;

My invention, therefore; has as another object to provide post-like elements for the samples adapted to receive said samples or to allow their removal therefrom in an easy and quick manner and to provide easily removable closing means for said post-like receiving elements.

Still a further object of my invention is to provide means wherebyan entirely new stack or book of' textile samples may be made up in a quick and easy manner, as indicated hereinbefore", and the same inserted inan easily removable manner into a cover or binder.

Still further objects of this invention will be apparent as the specification of the same proceedis.

In the drawing forming a part of this application and accompanying the same:

Fig. 1 is a perspective View of a stack or book of textile samples, with a cover applied thereon and being partly opened or released from the upper end of the posts on which the samples are threaded, portions of the device having been broken away;

Fig. 2 is a partly sectional side elevation of a sample book or binder, as indicated in Fig. l, in a closed position, its open position, to expose the samples and not to remove them, being indicated by the dot and dash lines;

Fig. 3 is a partly sectional side elevation of the form of a book of samples involving my invention, another method to expose the samples being indicated by the dot and dash lines;

Fig. l is a plan View of a stack or book proper of the samples removabiy secured together and carrying means to be applied in a removable manner as a unit into the modification of my device shown in Fig- 3, and

Fig. 5 is'an end view of the prepared unit proper shown in Fig. 4.

The first two figures are for the purpose of aifording a clear understanding of the subject matter of the invention, and serve as an introduction to the present invention as disclosed in Figs. 3 to 5.

Referring now to the drawing more closely, by characters of reference, the numeral it indicates a stack or book of. textile samples, like those of woolens, silks, cotton goods and the like, each individual sample being a rectangular piece of the goods represented thereby, such individual sample being indicated by the numeral i i In the embodiment shown, each individual sample has two holes i2 and i3 punched therein. adjacent to one edge it thereof and all the samples are threaded through said holes or apertures l2 and is on two posts or pins I5 and it. Two strips of material it and it are provided to co-operate with said posts and to so engage one marginal end of the stack or book of samples between them.

One end of each post has a permanent washer it as its securing means by which it engages the strip of material il while the other end is terminated in a ball it which may be engaged by a snap fastener style socket 2i, arranged in the other strip of material i8 and whereby said strip r of material it may be removably closed on the globes or balls 29 and. thereby secure the stack of samples ill between the strips l1 and i8.

Said strips H and is may be made of any suit.- able sheet material. .In the. form shown in Figs.

1 and2 the same are continued doubled over themse1ves,as at 22 and 23, said doubled portions 22 and 23 are secured on the inner sides of a book coverlike support made of two sheets of material 24 and 25, respectively, the two being connected by a flexible back 26. In this form, as will be understood, the individual samples are threaded on the posts [5 and E6 to desired thicknesses, while the top cover 25 and its strip iii are thrown back as shown in Fig. 1, whereupon said cover and said strip will be closed down upon the stack of samples, as shown in Fig. 2, the sockets 2| engaging the respective balls 28. A book of samples is prepared this way, and when it is desired to display the samples therein, cover 25 will be thrown backwards, as indicated by the dot and dash lines in Fig. 2, the samples ii inspected, and the cover again closed.

A salesman usually carries many such books of samples and each book will be confined to a certain style of goods, like summer goods, heavier goods, lighter goods, dark goods, etc., and it very often happens that some of the goods represented by an individual sample is discontinued or exhausted, or other goods of the style represented in that book are added to the line of the sales man. In such cases, the cover 25 will be thrown open, as shown in Fig. i and the individual samples l I over the one to be removed will be pulled on the posts and it, the one in question entirely removed, then the ones previously over the same threaded back upon the posts l5 and ill, and the stack of samples is ready to be displayed, the one representing the goods discontinued having been removed. In a similar manner new samples representing new goods of the style in the book in question may be inserted in their appropriate places into the stack of samples.

In Figs. 3 to 5, I show an improvement of the structure shown in Figs. 1 and 2, comprising my invention wherein the stack of samples I0 is inserted between two independent strips of material 2i and 28, posts 29 and 36 being provided for the same purpose, as described hereinbefore, but each end of each post will be terminated, in my invention, by the respective balls 3i and 32. Discs 33 are provided on strips 2! and 28 having apertures in their centers which may resiliently snap over the balls 3! and 32, by any suitable conventional means, not shown but well known to anyone versed in the art, so that the stack or book of samples I 0 may be independently prepared in an easy and quick manner, its individual samples being threaded on the posts 29 and 30 from both ends thereof and enclosed between the two strips of material 21 and 28, which may slide over the said posts, from their respective ends, through appropriate apertures in said strips of material 21 and 28, as will be under,- stood. Inmy invention the strips of material 2? and 28, preferably are of rigid, hard nature, or quality, like fibre, composition, etc. Thereupon, the discs 33 are snapped over the ends of the posts and an independent unit or stack i8 is now prepared and ready to be inserted in any appropriate cover or to be used with the same. In my invention, I further provide four additional snap fastener buttons 3 at the respective ends of the closing strips 2i and 28 which may be engaged by appropriate snap fastener sockets 35 in strips of material 35 and 3t secured within covers 38 and 39 in a similar manner, as described in connection with Figs. 1 and 2, said covers 38 and 39 being connected to one another by a flexible back til. Itv will be seen that the individually prepared backs or stacks l 0, described hereinbefore, may be shipped to the salesman when said salesman is out-of-town, and the old stack or book it] with its posts 29 and 30 and strips of material 21 and 28 removed from said covers 38 and 3s by lifting the snap fastener sockets 35 off the respective globes 34 and the newly shipped book or stack of samples inserted by the salesman himself. My invention, therefore, makes it easy to remove an entire old stack of samples and insert a new one prepared at a central place, or to open up a certain stack or book and remove, exchange or add an individual sample therefrom or thereto, as has been described hereinbeiore. For an easier inspection of the individual samples, a flexible joint M may also be provided in each of the covers 38 and 39 and the portion of any of said covers in front of said flexible joint 4! opened and thrown backwardly, as indicated by the dot and dash lines in Fig. 3, and as is well known in this art. This same device may, of course, be added to the modification shown in Fig. 3, in which case the respective covers 35 and 39 or 26 and 25 haveto be made of resisting, hard material.

In Figs. 4 and 5, the individual stack unit with its confining strips 2'! and 28 is shown in plan View, and in end elevation, respectively, without the covers 33 and 39, and it is obvious that my device may be used in this simplified manner, the samples ll being readily disposed and being held together by the two posts and by the confining means secured to or removably attached to the respective ends of said posts, as has been described hereinbefore. fore, that such confining means may consist of two strips of material, or have individual discs secured at the ends of the posts, one or both of such confining means being made removable from the respective ends of the posts. A great number of various devices may be produced in this manner to confine a stack of samples between suitable elements, the general principle of all such confining means being that such samples are threaded on one ormore posts and confined on said posts by means engaging the ends of said posts, one or both of said confining means being made easily removable from or applied to the respective posts.

It will be understood that changes and variations may be made in the parts and combinations of my device and I hereby reserve all my rights to any and all such changes as are within the spirit of the invention and the scope of the appended claim.

What I claim as new, is:-

In combination with a cover, means for forming a unitary stack of samples and means for storing said stack within the cover comprising a pair of posts on which the samples are threaded, said posts having ball-shaped ends; strips of rigid material disposed on and extending across opposite faces of said sample stack, said strips having perforations through which the opposite ends of the posts project; disks having socket holes for engaging the globular ends of said posts, male fastener parts near the ends of said' strips; said cover comprising side portions and a unitary hinge portion, looped flexible strips having each a leg thereof stitched to the cover sides; and female fastener parts on the other leg of each strip for detachable engagement with the male fastener members on said rigid strips of the sample stack.

SAMUEL WIDDER;

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